Non-wooden raised bed

Never used plastic. I usually use scaffold boards and have never had any issues. The ones in my new house I inherited are made from 6 x 1 gravel boards, some have seen better days, so I will start to replace them all this Autumn.

What are yours made of and how old are they?

Rusty

 

I feel your pain. My raised beds have 4x4 treated wood however after 20 years they are rotting, shifting so that they are uneven and will need replacing. That product looks interesting. Never thought of that. We have a product here called trex. Horribly expensive but probably worth considering. And made from plastics too.

 

I've got railway sleepers the only thing that could cope here and any off cuts make great steps too

 

Here we use a Dutch product called Ecolat. Its made from recycled plastic. As far as I understand things, it was originally designed for edging ponds curved borders, things like that, but works very nicely for raised beds.

 

Maybe breeze blocks could be used to build your raised beds, once built they can be rendered then painted to make them look nice.

http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/projects/garden-diy/how-to-build-a-raised-bed/270.html

Steve...